Cathay Pacific Airways will increase its flight operations between Hong Kong and Los Angeles with effect from 01 March, moving to thrice daily operations. This in turn will benefit the Indian traveller as the increase offers superb connections for travel from India to Los Angeles. In India, Cathay Pacific operates from Mumbai, Delhi and Chennai and sister airline-Dragonair operates from Bengaluru.

The flight to Los Angeles will depart Hong Kong at 1305hrs and arrive in Los Angeles at 1040hrs, offering passengers the convenience of arriving in the morning itself. Moreover this flight also reduces the transit time for passengers in Hong Kong.

From 25 March 2012, passengers from South India will also be able to connect seamlessly to Chicago. Cathay Pacific currently operates daily flights from Hong Kong to Chicago. However effective 25 March, this flight is being retimed to offer fantastic connections to travellers from South India who can connect via our gateways of Chennai & Bengaluru.

Says Rakesh Raicar-Regional Sales & Marketing Manager South Asia, “We are extremely excited about being able to expand our reach into the United States. These new and improved connections will help us to meet demand for both business and leisure travel to and from India. We have a new destination to sell from South India, namely Chicago, thereby connecting South India with Midwestern USA.

We operate flights to Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York and Chicago and these cities serve as a gateway to many other popular destinations in the US. Moreover with our oneworld partner American Airlines, we are able to offer great connectivity to interior USA.”